25 years later, remembering the death of Dale Earnhardt at Daytona 500

The Mystery Of The 1997 Southern 500: Dale Earnhardt Blacks Out And Hits The Wall On The First Lap Of The Race | Whiskey Riff

At the Daytona 500 in February of 2001 Dale Earnhardt Sr. hit the wall at the end and tragically lost his life. In July NASCAR returned for the first time. It was the first BIG race I went to. I had been to the pocono infield many times but this was Daytona. I was a Jimmy Spencer fan at that point but what I saw that night left me speechless and teary eyed. I watched a man take the victory at a track that took his dad's life. Every one in that place was a junior fan that night. It is absolutely